Susan Cragin wrote:
>> Was missing libasound2-dev. How could I have missed that?
Glad you found/fixed the problem!
If you have the time, please be sure to go to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/ and report the new general bug you're seeing with sound recording under Audacity. Hopefully one of the Alsa guru-devs will be able to squash that bug for you.
-J